Thanks for the information, greatly appreciated. Is there any collector value with this kind of error? Worth adding to my collection or no?

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I do my best not to unnecessarily correct people on here, but @R_rabbit has led you astray. A misaligned die would not cause that. It’s also hardly misaligned. Please take a photo from the other side of the coin to get the camera closer to the R. Most likely, it’s just plate blistering, which has no extra value and is caused by improper plating of the copper on the zinc core.

I do my best not to unnecessarily correct people on here, but @R_rabbit has led you astray. A misaligned die would not cause that. It’s also hardly misaligned. Please take a photo from the other side of the coin to get the camera closer to the R. Most likely, it’s just plate blistering, which has no extra value and is caused by improper plating of the copper on the zinc core.

Sorry,My mistake on the R.
It was difficult to tell in the picture when I first looked.

Imho, I have been trying to studying mad for a while.
It seems that there is some doubling in a mad strike. Perhaps it is caused from the back stroke of the hammer ? Leaving a slight die deterioration look.

Sorry,My mistake on the R.
It was difficult to tell in the picture when I first looked.

Imho, I have been trying to studying mad for a while.
It seems that there is some doubling in a mad strike. Perhaps it is caused from the back stroke of the hammer ? Leaving a slight die deterioration look.

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I hate to do this publicly... but MAD strikes have absolutely nothing to do with doubling. I don’t know what you think you mean by “backstroke” of a die or how you connect that to die deterioration, but it’s clear you’re mixing up a few concepts.

I hate to do this publicly... but MAD strikes have absolutely nothing to do with doubling. I don’t know what you think you mean by “backstroke” of a die or how you connect that to die deterioration, but it’s clear you’re mixing up a few concepts.

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Imho, from my experience of looking at misaligned die strikes. I have found that. They can be accountable for some forms of doubling.

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So is this cause in part by deterioration Or caused by the hammer on release of strike?

Imho, from my experience of looking at misaligned die strikes. I have found that. They can be accountable for some forms of doubling.

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So is this cause in part by deterioration Or caused by the hammer on release of strike?

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I’m not sure what MAD coins you have been looking at, but that is an incorrect conclusion.

The shift in the hammer die in this explanation has to do with immediately after a strike, and not with the die being installed misaligned prior to. The shift is minuscule, causing minor machine doubling. http://www.error-ref.com/machine-doubling/

I’m not sure what MAD coins you have been looking at, but that is an incorrect conclusion.

The shift in the hammer die in this explanation has to do with immediately after a strike, and not with the die being installed misaligned prior to. The shift is minuscule, causing minor machine doubling.http://www.error-ref.com/machine-doubling/

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So ,thank you.I was correct. It’s from the vibration on release of the Hammer Not on the deterioration.